Holiday deals on Queensland Accommodation

Living in the lap of luxury

22 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT+10:00

DOMESTIC tourism operators should stop reading now; what follows will only cause depression. Preparing for a visit to Australia, Geoffrey Kent, chief executive of Abercrombie & Kent, one of the world's leading luxury travel operators, tells Frequent Ire from his London home that "the luxury business has never been more buoyant, there's a big, big demand". Kent reveals that A&K's fastest-growing area is Australia and it is planning to open a number of five-star lodges here. "I'm betting our Australian business will keep growing," he says. See http://holidaydeals.net.au/

Moving to Queensland

Thu,20 Jul 2006 23:58:17 GMT

October 2008? Thats planning ahead! Try realestate.com.au.

Great Barrier Reef

Thu,20 Jul 2006 23:51:36 GMT

One great killer of the environment is poverty, so moderate, sensible tourism could help in some ways, but usually things get out of hand and the tourists do damage too!.

Sunshine Coast

Mon,17 Jul 2006 01:12:04 GMT

If you are into crafts, shopping and good food. Make sure you visit the Eumundi Market held wednesday and saturday mornings in the hinterland town of Eumundi (about 15mins drive from noosa) tour buses are available to take you their if you need have fun.

Stranded whale put down

AAP — 13 Aug 2006 03:21:00 +1000

A SMALL whale that beached itself off southeast Queensland has been put down.

Australia to meet Paraguay in Brisbane friendly

10 Aug 2006 17:39:37 -0400

SYDNEY, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Brisbane will host the friendly international between Australia and Paraguay on October 7, Football Federation Australia said on Thursday. The match between two teams wh...

Man dies after eating toadfish

15 Aug 2006 04:11:36 -0400

A MAN has died in north Queensland after eating what is believed to be a poisonous toadfish. The 45-year-old Fijian man caught the fish off a jetty near Bowen on Sunday, police said. He filleted and...

Hot winter days forecast for south Qld

20 Aug 2006 11:00:00 +1000

With winter temperatures at record highs, a spike in daytime temperatures across most of Queensland's southern districts is expected this week.

Mayors sign off on water-saving measures

18 Aug 2006 13:00:00 +1000

With south-east Queensland still in the grip of drought, the region's mayors have agreed to a raft of new water-saving measures.

Weatherzone Forecast for Brisbane

20 Aug 2006 22:13:27 --0500

Monday

Mostly sunny
10°C - 25°C

Tuesday

Mostly sunny
8°C - 25°C

Land of the rising snow

12 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT+10:00

IN the time it takes to read the US-flavoured news in The Japan Times and eat a Japan Rail bento box breakfast (smoked fish, sesame pork, nori roll, vegetables, pickled radish, sour plum, rice, green tea; about $10), my shinkansen (bullet train) from Tokyo has hurtled across Honshu, Japan's main island, and climbed almost imperceptibly to meet the ragged spine of the 3000m peaks that form the Japan Alps.